Mental health professionals need to be certified or licensed to practice in a given country according to that country’s professional
regulations (Fraser, 2009b; Pope & Vasquez,
2011). Professionals must adhere to the ethical
codes of their professional licensing or certifying
organizations in all of their work with trans-
sexual, transgender, and gender-nonconforming
clients.
Treatment aimed at trying to change a person’s gender identity and lived gender expression to become more congruent with sex
assigned at birth has been attempted in the past
(Gelder & Marks, 1969; Greenson, 1964), yet
without success, particularly in the long-term
(Cohen-Kettenis & Kuiper, 1984; Pauly, 1965).
Such treatment is no longer considered ethical.
If mental health professionals are uncomfortable with, or inexperienced in, working
with transsexual, transgender, and gender-
nonconforming individuals and their families,
they should refer clients to a competent provider
or, at minimum, consult with an expert peer. If
no local practitioners are available, consultation
may be done via telehealth methods, assuming
local requirements for distance consultation are
met.
Actually, I am a Rocket Scientist.
Also hormonally odd (my blood has 46xy chromosomes anyway) and for most of my life, I looked male, and lived as one, trying to be the best Man a Gal could be. Anyway, in May 2005 that started changing naturally for reasons still unclear, and I'm now Zoe, not Alan : happier and more relaxed not to have to pretend any more.
UPDATE - reason now identified as the 3BHSD form of CAH.
This blog, written by a rocket scientist, is a fascinating collection of information, both personal and scientific, regarding intersex, transsexualism and related psychosocial and psychosexual issues. ... It is erudite and heartfelt. Just read the posts about the passport issue. You won't know whether to laugh, weep or crawl into a ball and rock gently in a corner - an amazing person. - David --- The reason I so appreciate bright, perceptive people - as opposed to ideologues whose intelligence does little to illuminate - is that they manage to both instruct and learn with a certain grace. Among such rarities in the transblogosphere is Zoe, whose direct speech and clear humanity always make her worth reading, even if one doesn’t always agree with her every conclusion. - Val --- The following is a request for permission to archive your A.E.Brain blog site which we have wanted to do for several years... The Library has traditionally collected items in print, but it is also committed to preserving electronic publications of lasting cultural value.... Since (1996) we have been identifying online publications and archiving those that we consider have national significance.... We would like to include A.E.Brain blog site in the PANDORA Archive... -Australian National Library
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This should be common knowledge throughout the "Western World" as a minimum, unfortunately it seems that some still need to be reminded
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